baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2530901-A (GB)
Title: Grip, grip insert and, cricket bat handle
Inventor: O'NEILL MARK DORIAN
IPC: A63B60/10
Filed: 2015-08-24
Abstract: Cricket bat handle 18 that comprises a grip in which there is a raised guide 22 extending along the grip generally parallel to the longitudinal axis of the handle 18, the guide being arranged to assist in the positioning of a batsmans hands during play. The guide 22 is offset from a plane bisecting the bat 10 lengthways and passing through the spine of the bat blade 12. The guide 22 can be in the form of a protrusion or rib. The guide 22 may be continuous or be formed from a plurality of separate protrusions that are made from an elastomeric material. The guide 22 may be attachable to the bat handle 18 using adhesives. Also disclosed is a sickle shaped rib (Fig 14, 400) and a removable elongate plastic sleeve (Fig 5, 200) that has a rib with a height from 1mm to 5mm. The sleeve can be cylindrical, oval or hexagonal.
Patent GB-2542400-A (GB)
Title: Construction method for controlled atmosphere apparatus
Inventor: GARRY DAVID TAYLOR
IPC: B01L1/02
Filed: 2015-09-18
Abstract: A controlled atmosphere apparatus wherein the outer housing 8 of the apparatus is formed of a single membrane, invaginated so that an inner working area 9 is formed with the membrane creating a double wall around the working area. The apparatus allows the atmosphere to circulate in a channel 10 formed by the inner and outer skin and may have a circulation inlet in the inner skin. There may be more than one internal chamber linked with an airlock, the atmospheres of which can be independently or commonly set and controlled.
Patent GB-2529328-A (GB)
Title: Health promotion support system, management server, and terminal device
Inventor: OSAKI TAKANOBU
IPC: G16H50/30
Filed: 2013-05-20
Abstract: In order to evaluate whether a subject is actually consuming a menu which is good for the body, this health promotion support system has: a data input unit for inputting dining information, health checkup information, nutritional intake standard value information, health checkup standard value information, and nutrition/examination correspondence information; a nutrition score calculation unit that, on the basis of information about a suggested range for the amount of intake for each nutrition item in the nutritional intake standard value information, calculates a nutrition score by means of a function that assigns points according to whether the intake amount for each nutrition item in the dining information is within the suggested range or outside of the suggested range; an examination value score calculation unit that, on the basis of information about the standard values for each examination item in the health checkup standard value information, calculates an examination value score by means of a function that assigns points according to whether the examination value for each examination item in the health checkup information is higher than or lower than the standard value; and a health/nutrition score calculation unit that uses the nutrition scores and the examination value scores for the nutrition items and examination items for which a correspondence relationship is defined in the nutrition/examination correspondence information to calculate a health/nutrition score, which is a score obtained by combining the quality of the examination values and the quality of the nutrition intake amounts.
Patent GB-2546479-A (GB)
Title: Pest deterrent apparatus
Inventor: DAVID JONES
IPC: A01M29/32
Filed: 2016-01-12
Abstract: A support member for a pest deterrent apparatus comprising, a support member is formed from a base strip 2 having a plurality of upstanding holders 4, each including an upward facing hole 6, for insertion of a post 22. At least one stabilising base extension 14, substantially in the plane of the base strip 2, projects at an angle, such as a right angle. A fin 8 extends vertically on the side of each holder 4, facing the base extension(s) 14, for supporting the holder. The holes may be spaced evenly along the strip. A stabilising base extension adjacent to each holder. The base may comprise a number of transverse frangible lines 12 to allow the strip to be snapped and shortened to the required length. The interiors of the holes may be provided with compressible members (18 figure 2) to allow them to accommodate different sized posts.
Patent GB-2535324-A (GB)
Title: Hatch with thermally broken frame
Inventor: XIAO MING
IPC: E06B5/01
Filed: 2016-02-03
Abstract: A roof access hatch comprising a cover 16 that has first interior 22 and exterior 20 metallic surfaces spaced apart by a first insulation layer 24 and having at least a first thermal break 10 spanning the insulation layer and in contact with both the first interior and exterior surfaces. The hatch further comprising a frame 18 supporting the cover, the frame having second interior 62 and exterior 60 metallic surfaces separated by at least a second insulation layer, and a non-metallic, thermally insulating gasket 56 disposed between the second metallic interior and exterior surfaces and the first metallic interior surface. The thermal break may have first (12a, figure 2) and second (12b, figure 2) metallic heat conducting portions that are substantially parallel to each other, separated by at least one thermally insulating portion 14. The hatch may also comprise a second thermal break component (32, figure 4).
Patent GB-2538388-A (GB)
Title: Collar case 1
Inventor: GARY HUDSON
IPC: H01B7/32
Filed: 2016-04-25
Abstract: A cable collar or sheath for use with electrical cables, the collar comprises a body which defines a channel sized to receive a cable, the body including or carrying a thermochromatic material which undergoes a colour change when heated beyond a pre­determined temperature. The device may be attached to a cable or conduit via a pair of resiliently deformable legs. Preferably the body includes a transmitter to receive an output from the thermochromatic material, the transmitter also capable of sending a signal to a remote receiver.
Patent GB-2551161-A (GB)
Title: Internal combustion engine intake system
Inventor: ASVEEN SEEBOOA
IPC: F02B39/10
Filed: 2016-06-08
Abstract: An intake system 3 for delivering air to an automotive internal combustion engine 1, the intake system 3 comprising two electric superchargers 6, 7 arranged to compress air passing through the intake system 3 before delivery to the internal combustion engine 1 in use. Also provided is a method of operating an intake system 3 of an automotive internal combustion engine 1, the method comprising delivering air to the internal combustion engine through the intake system 3, passing air through two electric superchargers 6, 7 provided in the intake system 3, and using the two electric superchargers 6, 7 to compress air passing through the intake system 3 before delivery to the internal combustion engine 1. There may also be provided a further additional charging device 5 which may be arranged in series or parallel to the electric superchargers 6, 7, which themselves may be selectively switched between a series or parallel configuration. The arrangement allows for increased power and torque, rapid response, and improved efficiency.
Patent GB-2553348-A (GB)
Title: Low power edge-emitting laser diode and laser diode module
Inventor: Antonino Francesco Castiglia
IPC: H01S5/40
Filed: 2016-09-03
Abstract: A low power, edge-emitting ridge laser diode and method of operation. The laser diode has a semiconductor heterostructure 10 with an n-type layer, a p-type layer, and an active layer between, which forms a gain medium of width W between 1 to 2 micro-metres, with internal loss between 0-30cm-1. A back reflector 24 (reflectivity 80% or greater), and front reflector 22 (reflectivity 60% or above) are formed on first and second facets of the heterostructure, forming a cavity length L between 100 and 600 micro-metres. The laser diode may emit in green, blue or red, and operate with optical output power below 5mW, slope efficiency less than 1mW/mA, wall plug efficiency between 0.5%-1.5%. A light module may comprise up to three laser diodes, providing additive colour and a full colour palette; and may be incorporated into a HUD vision system for the human head, such as glasses or a monocle.
Patent GB-2554855-A (GB)
Title: Method for manufacturing products from carbon fibre composite materials
Inventor: CHRIS WEBB
IPC: B29C70/54
Filed: 2016-09-09
Abstract: A method of manufacturing a trim component (2, fig. 1) from carbon fibre comprising producing a male component (9, fig. 3) with control surface corresponding to a B surface (6, fig. 3) of the component; placing sheets of multiple unidirectional carbon fibre (16, fig. 4) over the control surface to a thickness of greater than the final component thickness, where each sheet is rotated with respect to the preceding sheet so that the fibres misalign; curing the carbon fibre on the male component; securing the carbon fibre to a machining carriage 22 with an outer surface corresponding to the B surface; and using a cutting tool 26 traveling along a machining path to cut the outer surface of the carbon fibre layer to expose an A surface of the trim component, the tool arranged to cut the surface at an angle of 2 to 45 degrees with respect to the plane of the sheets. Machining may be performed with two tools, the first comprising tungsten carbide, the second comprising a diamond tip. The A surface may be smoothed by sanding or an abrasive blasting process. The component may be finished with a matt or gloss lacquer to the A surface.
Patent GB-2546887-A (GB)
Title: Real-time video encoder rate control using dynamic resolution switching
Inventor: AKI KUUSELA
IPC: H04N21/2662
Filed: 2016-12-20
Abstract: A method comprising, encoding a first frame 704 at a first bitrate representative of a quantization parameter (QP) followed by identifying an encoder limitation with respect to a motion search area in response to encoding the first frame. This is followed by comparing the first bit rate to a target bitrate 706 for the first frame and comparing the (QP) to a minimum and maximum threshold. This is followed by adjusting an encoding parameter based on said comparisons 708. The method then comprises encoding a second frame at a second bitrate using the adjusted encoding parameter. Preferably the adjusted coding parameter is one of a; resolution of the video stream, the minimum or maximum quantisation threshold or the QP. Preferably, when the first bitrate is less than the target bitrate and the QP is greater than the minimum threshold, the QP is reduced. Preferably when the first bitrate is less than the target bitrate and the QP is less than or equal to the minimum threshold the resolution of the video is increased.
Patent GB-2562477-A (GB)
Title: Joining method
Inventor: DIETER JEDAMZIK
IPC: B23K103/14
Filed: 2017-05-12
Abstract: There is provided a method of actively soldering a first member made of a niobium titanium alloy to a second member, by abutting them together 20, providing a molten active solder at a surface of at least the first member at the interface and thermally activating the molten active solder 21; mechanically agitating the molten active solder 22 so as to cause the molten solder to adhere to the first and second members and form a continuous body of molten solder linking the first and second; and causing the continuous body to solidify thereby forming a solder joint between the first and second members 23. At least one solder may adhere to the members before abutting them together. A tin or tin solder alloy may be coated on the second member. Agitation may be caused by ultrasound, e.g. rotational movement. The active solder is preferably an alloy including tin, and e.g. silver, titanium, cerium, gallium, and magnesium. The invention is designed to address surface oxides in a fluxless process for superconductors in cryogenic refrigerators where the first member is the centre conductor and/or the outer jacket of a coaxial cable and the second member a coaxial cable connector.
Patent GB-2552907-A (GB)
Title: Mesoscale reinforcement of metal matrix composites
Inventor: GRANT O COOK III
IPC: B22F7/06
Filed: 2015-04-24
Abstract: A metal matrix composite (MMC) tool includes a mesoscale-reinforced hard composite portion that comprises reinforcing particles and mesoscale reinforcing structures dispersed in a binder material. The mesoscale reinforcing structures are printed using at least one additive manufacturing technique and are larger than an average powder-size distribution of the reinforcing particles.
Patent GB-2566697-A (GB)
Title: Mechanical device for generating, scrambling, storing and retrieving passwords
Inventor: James Henry Garthwaite
IPC: G09F11/02
Filed: 2017-09-20
Abstract: A mechanical device for generating, storing, and retrieving passwords using a plurality of rotatable concentric rings 1. The setting of a key code on one side of the rings is used to correctly align the rings in order to create multiple more complex passwords on their other side. The rings are held within a case that has a window on the back used for setting and displaying the key code and orienting the passwords in numbered positions in the surround on the front. The faces of each ring may be visible and may display characters in radial segments 9 with each segment in register with a corresponding segment on the opposite face. Passwords may be set by deciding a key code comprised of one character within each ring on the back face of the dial, this creates a consistent set of complex passwords displayed on the front face of the dial.
Patent GB-2554622-A (GB)
Title: Systems and methods for attributing scroll event in an infinite scroll graphic user interface
Inventor: TIANJIU YIN
IPC: G06F9/451
Filed: 2016-10-26
Abstract: Systems and methods for attributing a scroll event are described herein. The system can provide, to a client device, an infinite scroll attribution script. The script can cause the client device to set a dimension of an inline frame, embedded with a content document, of an page to a dimension corresponding to a viewport of an application and determine, responsive to detecting a scroll event, that a first offset between a first content document end and a first viewport end is less than or equal to a first predetermined threshold. The script can further cause the client device to determine, responsive to detecting the scroll event, that a second offset between a second content document end and a second viewport end is greater than or equal to a second threshold and assign the scroll event to the inline frame responsive to the determinations of the first and second offsets.
Patent GB-2561743-A (GB)
Title: Offshore drilling rig comprising an anti-recoil system
Inventor: William James McBeath
IPC: E21B19/02
Filed: 2016-10-28
Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of an offshore drilling rig comprising: a drill floor (107) defining a well center (123); a hoisting system configured to advance a tubular string (128) downwards through the well center (123) and to the seafloor (124) and to apply a lifting force to a tubular string (128) extending through the well center (123) and to the seafloor (124), the lifting force being large enough to support at least a major part of an apparent weight of the tubular string (128); and an anti-recoil system (218) configured to cause, in case of a sudden reduction of a load suspended from the drilling rig, the hoisting system to raise the tubular string (128) while preventing damage to the hoisting system.
Patent GB-2575018-A (GB)
Title: Fuel pump and driveshaft assembly therefor
Inventor: JUNYI LIANG
IPC: F04B9/04
Filed: 2018-06-18
Abstract: A driveshaft assembly 6 for a high-pressure fuel pump (2, Fig. 1) comprising an elongate shaft element 10 and a cam member 12 comprising a concentric oval bore 32; the cam member 12 and the concentric oval bore 32 each comprise a major axis of symmetry perpendicular to a minor axis of symmetry, and the concentric oval bore 32 is arranged with respect to the cam member 12 such that the major and minor axes of symmetry of the concentric oval bore 32 and the cam member 12 are coaxially aligned. This arrangement allows for lowered level of hoop stress induced in regions of the cam by thermally shrink fitting the cam member 12 in an interference fit with the shaft 10.
Patent GB-2565645-A (GB)
Title: Optical fiber preform
Inventor: KEISEI MORITA
IPC: C03C13/04
Filed: 2018-07-06
Abstract: An optical fiber preform comprising; a) a core portion composed of a silica glass; and, b) a cladding portion surrounding the core portion, the cladding portion being composed of a fluorine-containing silica glass having a lower refractive index than the core portion, the core portion including: i) a first region that does not include a central axis of the core portion, the first region containing a first dopant selected from sodium, potassium, and compounds thereof, and ii) a second region that includes the central axis of the core portion, the second region containing a second dopant that reduces the viscosity of the silica glass, the second dopant having a diffusion coefficient of 1 ´ 10−12 cm2/s or more and less than the first dopant at a temperature of 2,000°C to 2,300°C, wherein the entire core portion has an average first dopant concentration of 10 atomic ppm or more and 2,000 atomic ppm or less, and the entire core portion has an average second dopant concentration of 10 atomic ppm or more. The second dopant may be; Rb, Cs, Mg, Ca or Sr. The core portion of the optical fiber preform may have an average Cl concentration of 10 atomic ppm or more, or, 10,000 atomic ppm or less.
Patent GB-2569006-A (GB)
Title: Arm for turbomachine casing comprising a body and a removable part
Inventor: PIERRE YVES HEINRY
IPC: F02C7/32
Filed: 2018-10-02
Abstract: To facilitate the disassembly of a transmission shaft 62 in a turbomachine 10, an arm 110 for turbomachine casing comprises a body 112 provided with a recess 114 housing a removable part 130 which delimits a shaft housing 104 and is capable of being inserted through a first opening 120 of the recess 114 by means of sliding movement of the removable part 130 parallel to the direction of a central axis 106 of the shaft housing, the first opening of the recess being configured for being arranged opposite an orifice 79 within a casing outer shell ring 42 of the turbomachine.
Patent GB-2578766-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and method for controlling vehicle system operation
Inventor: SIMON THOMPSON
IPC: G10L15/25
Filed: 2018-11-07
Abstract: The invention provides for controlling operation of systems of a vehicle. The control system 300 comprises controllers configured to: receive 304 image data representative of a user or driver's face; receive 302 audio data from an audio input means within the vehicle; analyse 306 the received audio data to identify a spoken command from the driver; analyse 308 the received image data to determine a contextual meaning (e.g. emotional state) associated with the spoken command; determine 310 a supplemented spoken command in dependence on the spoken command and the contextual meaning; and output 312 an indication of the supplemented spoken command to one or more vehicle control systems in accordance with the supplemented spoken command. A Facial Action Coding System (FACS) could be used to interpret the facial image. The contextual meaning could include sincerity or insincerity. The system can make a judgement about whether a driver was being sarcastic or jocular when asking certain questions (212).
Patent GB-2566423-A (GB)
Title: Roller reamer
Inventor: JONATHAN ADAM MOORE
IPC: E21B10/30
Filed: 2017-06-22
Abstract: A roller reamer for downhole operations in boreholes, such as are drilled for oil and/or natural gas production, or as injection wells. An elongated main body has preferably three circumferentially spaced pockets. A roller assembly is preferably disposed in each pockets, the roller rotating in roller blocks at each end of the roller disposed within the roller blocks. Mating locking profiles, such as dovetails, lock the roller blocks within the pockets, as the roller blocks are moved longitudinally into the locking profiles, preventing any radially outward movement of the roller assembly. The roller assembly is prevented from longitudinal movement within the pockets by lock blocks also positioned within the pockets.
Patent GB-2586198-A (GB)
Title: A monitoring and recording system
Inventor: THOMAS COLIN HADDON
IPC: G06Q50/26
Filed: 2019-03-08
Abstract: A monitoring and recording system for compiling an asset register of street furniture items 22,26,28 for accounting and maintenance purposes. The street furniture may be lamp posts, traffic lights, street markings, road signs, etc. A vehicle mounted camera derives image frames from images, preferably panoramic images, and a global positioning system (GPS) is used to tag each frame with location data. The vehicle may be an autonomous vehicle such as a UAV or drone. An image identifier identifies street furniture items and generates digital identity data which uniquely identifies each item. The image frames, GPS data and digital identity data are transmitted to a remote database for storage. The distance of street furniture items from the vehicle may be determined using a pulsed radiation technique such as LiDAR. An operator may label items of street furniture at a user interface. Preferably, the identity of items of street furniture and their status or condition is determined either by the operator or by an automated image recognition process, which may use a convolutional neural network.
Patent GB-2595430-A (GB)
Title: Electrical architecture for service-oriented vehicle diagnostics
Inventor: DIBYENDU PALAI
IPC: G07C5/08
Filed: 2019-09-02
Abstract: A method of and system for providing diagnostics communication in a diagnostics electrical architecture of a vehicle, hosted by on-board computing devices. The architecture comprises electronic control units (ECUs) 211 each comprising a diagnostics server or module 212; a service interface module 221, 231 providing diagnostic communication between the ECUs and a network service bus of the vehicle; and a diagnostic services registry module 222, 232. The diagnostics server modules of the ECUs perform diagnostic tasks to generate diagnostic object data, which is received by the service interface module. The service interface module retrieves diagnostic services data from the diagnostic service registry module, the diagnostic services data comprising diagnostic capability descriptions of the diagnostic object data; and transmits a diagnostic service notification over the network bus, the diagnostic service notification being based on the diagnostic object data and the diagnostic services data. The stored diagnostic services data can be an ODX file to interpret diagnostic object data. The service interface module can be deployed as communication middleware via SOME/IP (Scalable service-oriented middleware over IP), REST (Representational state transfer), or DDS (Data distribution service). The invention provides service-oriented diagnostics, with diagnostic tasks being offered as services across the vehicle service bus.
Patent GB-2576288-A (GB)
Title: Generating and verifying hardware instruction traces including memory data contents
Inventor: JANG-SOO LEE
IPC: G06F9/38
Filed: 2018-05-21
Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a computer-implemented method for generating and verifying hardware instruction traces including memory data contents. The method includes initiating an in-memory trace (IMT) data capture for a processor, the IMT data being an instruction trace collected while instructions flow through an execution pipeline of the processor. The method further includes capturing contents of architected registers of the processor by: storing the contents of the architected registers to a predetermined memory location, and causing a load-store unit (LSU) to read contents of the predetermined memory location.